Terrence Mawawa|In yet another body blow to President Emmerson Mnangagwa, United States Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs Manisha Singh on
Thursday told a House of Representatives hearing that the United States will maintain its
economic sanctions on Harare.

The United States will only not lift the sanctions until Mnangagwa’s government demonstrates that it
has reformed.

Singh said that the are 141
Zimbabwean companies and individuals on the sanctions list.

Mnangagwa and his predecessor, Robert Mugabe are included on the list.

“Our pressure on Zimbabwe remains in place. We are trying to use this
pressure to leverage political and
economic reforms, human rights
observations…We want to see
fundamental changes in Zimbabwe and only then will we resume normal
relations with them…We are always
open to conversations.

We are open to a demonstration from the government that it is changing its ways, that it is observing human rights,” said Singh.

This comes at a time Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Sibusiso Moyo has been claiming the international community is satisfied with the political reforms in Zimbabwe.